About this episode

This episode discusses Il Ferragosto, an important Italian holiday celebrated on August 15th.

Il Ferragosto, celebrato ogni anno il 15 agosto, ha origini romane ed è oggi uno dei momenti più importanti delle vacanze estive italiane. Start learning Italian today! 1. Explore more simple Italian lessons: https://italianmatters.com/255 2. Download the Italian Verb Conjugation Blueprint: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/freebieverbblueprint⁠⁠⁠ 3. Subscribe to the YouTube lessons: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/italianmatters⁠⁠⁠ The goal of the Italian Matters Language and Culture School is to help English speakers build fluency and confidence to speak the Italian language through support, feedback, and accountability. The primary focus is on empowering Italian learners to speak clearly and sound natural so they can easily have conversations in Italian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Italian Matters

Topics covered

• Italian holidays
• language learning
• Italian culture
• summer vacations
• festivities

Keywords

• Il Ferragosto
• Italian holidays
• August 15
• Roman origins
• summer vacation

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